prompter

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noun

The person who does the prompting.

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telepromptertheater prompterautocue
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Meanings

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of prompt: more prompt
nounprompter (plural prompters)

plural prompters

  1. entertainmentThe person who does the prompting.
    1 more example

    The loud ringing of the prompter's bell made her spring suddenly away; and two of his companions, each taking an arm, hurried him away also. How glad would he have been to have left the party: his thoughts were in a tumult; duties and inclinations warred together—nay, his very sense of right was confounded.

    1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Success”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 79
  2. broadcastingSynonym of teleprompter.

    Synonyms: teleprompter

  3. One who inputs prompts to an artificial intelligence system.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of teleprompter.

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teleprompter

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech

Similar
theater prompter
Broader
assistanthelperhelp

nouna device that displays words for people to read

Similar
autocue
Broader
device
Also see
autocue

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From prompt + -er.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ὑποβολεύς
  • ὑποβολεύς (hupoboleús)person in a theater
Arabic مُلَقِّن
  • مُلَقِّن (mulaqqin)person in a theater
Bulgarian суфльор
  • суфльор (sufljor)person in a theater
Catalan apuntador, apuntadora
  • apuntadorperson in a theater
  • apuntadoraperson in a theater
Czech nápověda, suflér
  • nápovědaperson in a theater
  • suflérperson in a theater
Dutch souffleur, souffleuse
  • souffleurperson in a theater
  • souffleuseperson in a theater
Esperanto sufloro
  • sufloroperson in a theater
Finnish kuiskaaja
  • kuiskaajaperson in a theater
French souffleur, souffleuse
  • souffleurperson in a theater
  • souffleuseperson in a theater
German Souffleur, Souffleuse
  • Souffleurperson in a theater
  • Souffleuseperson in a theater
Greek υποβολέας
  • υποβολέας (ypovoléas)person in a theater
Hungarian súgó
  • súgóperson in a theater
Irish leideoir
  • leideoirperson in a theater
Italian suggeritore
  • suggeritoreperson in a theater
Polish sufler, suflerka
  • suflerperson in a theater
  • suflerkaperson in a theater
Portuguese ponto
  • pontoperson in a theater
Romanian sufleor
  • sufleorperson in a theater
Russian суфлёр, подска́зчик
  • суфлёр (sufljór)person in a theater
  • подска́зчик (podskázčik)person in a theater
Scottish Gaelic neach-cagarsaich
  • neach-cagarsaichperson in a theater
Spanish apuntador, apuntadora
  • apuntadorperson in a theater
  • apuntadoraperson in a theater
  • traspunteperson in a theater
  • apunteperson in a theater
  • consuetaperson in a theater
  • sopladorperson in a theater
Swedish sufflör
  • sufflörperson in a theater
Turkish suflör
  • suflörperson in a theater
Welsh cofweinydd
  • cofweinyddperson in a theater

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

prompter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prompter

MLA

“prompter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prompter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prompter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prompter.

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